The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 9, 2024
Waxing Gibbous
62.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 PM
12:53 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.1%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1261
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 103.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.9° / 75.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 08m / 0.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.99° / -0.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.45° / 1.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.12° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.